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Tag: Olympic Rowing

May 1, 2020Jul 5, 2020HTBS

An Exclusive Interview with Vicky Thornley

Apr 29, 2020Apr 28, 2020HTBS

The Unique Badge of Sir T. A. Cook

Apr 27, 2020Apr 27, 2020HTBS

The Other Parts of Rowing (TOPOR) III – Lying Down on the Job

Apr 24, 2020Apr 23, 2020HTBS

May Time II

Apr 21, 2020Apr 20, 2020HTBS

The Other Parts of Rowing (TOPOR) II – In the Tank

Apr 9, 2020Apr 9, 2020HTBS

John Hall-Craggs, 1931 – 2020: A quiet man who got things done

Apr 4, 2020Apr 3, 2020HTBS

RIP Eric Verdonk 1959 – 2020

Mar 24, 2020Mar 24, 2020HTBS

Henley and Tokyo

Feb 20, 2020Feb 20, 2020HTBS

Jumbo Edwards: Oarsman, Coach and RAF Pilot – Part IV

Feb 18, 2020Feb 17, 2020HTBS

Jumbo Edwards: Oarsman, Coach and RAF Pilot – Part II

Feb 17, 2020Feb 17, 2020HTBS

Jumbo Edwards: Oarsman, Coach and RAF Pilot – Part I

Feb 14, 2020Feb 12, 2020HTBS

Valentine’s Day: Hugs, Kisses and Rowmance

Feb 6, 2020Feb 5, 2020HTBS

What’s the Best Place for a Coxswain?

Jan 28, 2020Jan 27, 2020HTBS

The 2020 Power Ten Dinner: “Creatures Great and Small”

Jan 6, 2020Jan 5, 2020HTBS

Børge Kaas Andersen 1937-2019: World Rowing’s Umpire

Dec 9, 2019Dec 9, 2019HTBS

Part I – Peter Haig Thomas: The Unorthodox Orthodoxist

Nov 29, 2019Nov 29, 2019HTBS

The Elliptical Orbiter 

Nov 18, 2019Nov 18, 2019HTBS

Back To The Futures

Oct 24, 2019Oct 29, 2019HTBS

1948 Olympic Silver Medallist Paul Bircher Dies

Oct 22, 2019Oct 23, 2019HTBS

RRM Celebrates Women in Rowing with New Exhibit

Oct 8, 2019Oct 8, 2019HTBS

Kit Inspection

Aug 1, 2019Aug 1, 2019HTBS

Test for Tokyo

Jul 25, 2019Jul 25, 2019HTBS

31 July 2020: The End Of An Era

Jul 24, 2019Jul 24, 2019HTBS

Images of Henley 2019: Semi Saturday

Jun 28, 2019Jun 28, 2019HTBS

Jack Beresford: Schoolboy, Soldier and Sportsman

Jun 26, 2019Jun 25, 2019HTBS

Eliot House Boat Club at Henley

Jun 25, 2019Jun 24, 2019HTBS

Mystic Seaport Museum Opens up the Watercraft Hall

Jun 21, 2019Jun 20, 2019HTBS

Swingtime with Hitler

May 20, 2019May 19, 2019HTBS

Dietz Calls It Quits

May 14, 2019May 13, 2019HTBS

From the World War I Trenches to the King’s Cup

May 8, 2019May 8, 2019HTBS

Picture Post: More From The HTBS Photo Archive

May 1, 2019May 10, 2019HTBS

The 1991 FISA World Cup at Hjelmsjön, Sweden

Apr 25, 2019Apr 25, 2019HTBS

ANZAC Heritage, A Rowing Champion

Apr 17, 2019Feb 6, 2024HTBS

Andrew Larkin’s Life in Boats, Fast and Slow

Mar 29, 2019Mar 29, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 14: Happy Birthday and Many Happy Returns

Mar 22, 2019Mar 18, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 12: It’s all about Steve

Mar 21, 2019Mar 21, 2019HTBS

A Time Capsule Opened

Mar 15, 2019Mar 15, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 10: Singular Boats

Mar 11, 2019Mar 9, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 9: Sugar and Spice

Mar 9, 2019Mar 9, 2019HTBS

Bond is Back

Mar 7, 2019Mar 7, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 8: Five Fours to Fathom

Mar 1, 2019Feb 27, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 6: Ocean Gig to Carbon Tiger

Feb 27, 2019Feb 27, 2019HTBS

F. S. Kelly: A Virtuoso at the Oars and the Piano

Feb 25, 2019Feb 25, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 5: Chancing upon the Glass Casket

Feb 12, 2019Feb 14, 2019HTBS

R.I.P. Max Reinelt and Phineas Sprague

Feb 11, 2019Feb 14, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 1: Inspired in the USA

Feb 4, 2019Feb 3, 2019HTBS

Liquid History On Tap

Jan 22, 2019Jan 21, 2019HTBS

Hungarian Oarsman Béla Zsitnik Dies

Dec 6, 2018Dec 19, 2018HTBS

Henley Rules, OK?*

Nov 16, 2018Dec 9, 2018HTBS

Q&A with FISA Umpire Gunnar Magnusson

Nov 10, 2018Nov 9, 2018HTBS

Olympic Oarsman Douglas Turner Dies

Nov 5, 2018Nov 4, 2018HTBS

Blades of Remembrance

Oct 6, 2018Oct 5, 2018HTBS

USRowing Senior Male and Female Athletes of the Year

Sep 24, 2018Sep 23, 2018HTBS

Brothers, Boats, Blades and Beer – Academic Rowing Clubs in Germany

Aug 30, 2018Aug 28, 2018HTBS

Martin Brandon-Bravo: The Counsel of Trent

Aug 4, 2018Aug 4, 2018HTBS

Michael Lapage 1923 – 2018

Jul 31, 2018Mar 10, 2019HTBS

Schweinsdick Grobler

Jul 27, 2018Jul 26, 2018HTBS

Rob van Mesdag, Scribe and Sculler

Jul 25, 2018Jul 24, 2018HTBS

Rob van Mesdag RIP

Jun 26, 2018Jun 26, 2018HTBS

Roland Baar Dies

Jun 11, 2018Jun 10, 2018HTBS

2018 Yale – Harvard Regatta Recap

Jun 1, 2018May 31, 2018HTBS

Sir Steve Goes to China

May 22, 2018May 21, 2018HTBS

Rowperfect RowingChat with Eric Murray

May 21, 2018May 20, 2018HTBS

Golden Preps

May 11, 2018May 11, 2018HTBS

The Rowing Brothers who put Skibbereen on the Map

Apr 30, 2018Dec 9, 2020HTBS

Thomi, Rowing’s Gnome of Zürich

Apr 8, 2018Apr 8, 2018HTBS

Golden Tributes

Apr 4, 2018Apr 3, 2018HTBS

New Rowing Documentary: “Kiss the Joy”

Mar 8, 2018Mar 6, 2018HTBS

Pulling Against the Stream: Historic Images of Women’s Rowing

Feb 20, 2018Feb 21, 2018HTBS

Soviet Two-Time Olympic Champion Yury Tyukalov Dies

Feb 13, 2018Feb 13, 2018HTBS

Olympic Rower Micheen Thornycroft Wins the 2017 Filippi Spirit Award

Feb 7, 2018Feb 9, 2018HTBS

Make Way for Ducks

Feb 1, 2018Feb 1, 2018HTBS

Teti Appointed New U.S. National Team Men’s Head Coach

Jan 24, 2018Jan 23, 2018HTBS

Averell Harriman – In Seattle in 1948?

Jan 16, 2018Jan 15, 2018HTBS

The Blackstaffe Trophy: A Case of Reverse Alchemy

Jan 8, 2018Jan 7, 2018HTBS

The Loneliest Spot in the Olympics

Jan 2, 2018Jan 2, 2018HTBS

Sir David Hangs up his Oar

Dec 20, 2017Dec 20, 2017HTBS

The Rule of a ‘Click’: The End of Writing on Rowing? – Part III

Dec 15, 2017Dec 15, 2017HTBS

NZ Olympic Legend Simon Dickie Dies

Dec 6, 2017Dec 5, 2017HTBS

More Plumbs From The Nickalls Family*

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